Apparel-belt.



W. sMMoNs. APPAREL BELT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1909.

990,071.' Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

1 clear, and exact spective of LUI iuuTsD sTiiTss" PATsuT euries.

wrnnieivi il.. sIMMoNs, or Himuoou, Missouiei.'

APPAREL-BELT.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented rigor. i8, Midi.

.To all wlw/m it may oncem:

lio it known that. l, vViLLiAjii A. Sirmione, a riflzen oi tlie'United States, und resident or lvirl-t\\'oo l,y St. Louis county9 Missouri, .have inreuted certain new and useful 11nA Movements in. Apparel-Belts, of which the 'followingl i: a specification containing' a full, description, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, forming a part hereof.

ll'i'fy invention relates to improyements in apparel liel the object of my invention being to eonstriwt a belt that may be readily attached. to or det-ached from a pa-ir oi? irousors and topi'ovide means uf'liereley tile trousers may be altitudiually adjus d. relative to tlio belt which means serve lo liold ille trousers a slight distance awr-1y from the holly oll tile wearer to provide for ventilo. tion.

For the above purposes my invention cuisists in certain novel `features oi' oonstruo tion and arrangement oi parts as will. oe luereiualter more fully set forth, pointed outin. my elaim' and illustrated io. lille aoooinf panying drawing, in u'liiolig .Figure l. is a perspective of'tlie upper parl. ot" a pair of rowers, a portion oit which is broken away and illustiates the arrangement of llie` bell; and the parte Carried by iloe belt for sef'iuring it to the trousers Wlieu in use; Fig. E2 .is an inside face. View of a por.n tion oi` tlio beltJ illustrating one form of oleane carried by the belt for Securingit to the trousers; Fig. 3 isy a View similar to Fig. 2 showing the opposite face of the belt, and. troi1ser-seotiringr means; Fig. i is a vertical. Central sectional elevation illustrating the belt and trouser-securing means in position supporting the trom-zere illustrating the position of tile trousers as lield by the sup# j'. l l Il l port away' from the body; Fig. 5 is a pern 5 a .second forni otmeaus carried by' the belt for securing the trousers thereto; Fig. is e perspective of the belt attachment for seouriiigtlie trousers over the hip; und?` Fi. 7 is a vertical, sectional' elevation taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accoinpa11yingilrawing; l designates tllebelt which is preferably of non-elastic invaterialand 2 des-` ignates u buckle secured to oneend of the beit which is preferably of the ordinary tonguevariety and which is secured to the opposite oud ot' the belt by the tonguepass iugl through the perorations in belt.

3 designates a plate curved longitudinally and flared outwardly at 4;, which longitudinal curve and flaring bottoni are arranged to fit over the liip. 'llie plate 3 is provi ed with a number oit slots at its lower margin 'whereby the plate may lie readily lient to very its longitiulinal curvature es required to lit various shaped, bips. Formed integral.

with the plate are the hooks 5 and formed on the the shoulders 6, which shoulders form a loop into Wliioli the reinforcing strip T, `passed and seoured to the loelt l. At. the approximate center oi. the plate 3 and in a plane above the hooks 5, is a lioolr 8 which i struck and ioriied from the loodyof the pla-te 3. The plate 3 is reduced adjacent, its top at 2') and said reduced end is oriifuped or heut at fifi, .which crimped end ernliraoes tlie iixed shrink of the safety pinll. Cai'- ried loy the li lietween the p. tis 3 are a. number' ofleiilile loops l2 Wliioli loops ere stitched transversely ...leuning a series of loops 13, shown in 5 fliioli loops '13 are arranged to receive the rigid shank o' a safety piu i4 which is secured to the trousers.

il'. is to be noted that t-lie trousers suspend from theloops i2 and are supported by the plates 3 and safety pin il. 4

` In use the belt is secured to the Waist of the wearer with the strips 7 over the hips of the wearer enel the plates 3 are secured to the belt by the hooks 5, Vthe plate being on the outside of the belt. so that the belt serves as a cushion between the plate and the body of the wearer. The safety pins 11 are then secured to the trousers and oy reason of the adjacent its end. margins,

hooks are and lioolisL of the plete and the` safety piu; il being secured to the trousers plate, the trousers are held tlie plete and thus the body is ventilated about the Waist adjacenttlie hips. tliis arrangement the trousers are not only held outwardly away from over the hips butthe plates 3 are held at an ongle. and thus automatically clamped to the body at their lower margins. After the belt is in position about the Waist oftlie wearer, tlieplates 3 may' be` .moved longitudinally relative tor the belt as` et. the top oit' the outwardly by required to properly adjust them over the` l hip, and if further. adjustment lof the trousers` or" tliebelt is desired, the same.

altitudinally l may bereadily accomplished. by tlieadgust-` nient of the safety pins ll and le.

I claim: l

The combination with a belt having means forsecrring it about the waist of the wearer, a plate arranged for attachment to the belt on the outside face thereof, so that the belt Will'eushion the plate from the body of the wearer, an integral upwardly projecting eX-.

tension of eaid plate, a fastening device pivotally carried by the 'upper margin of said extension and arranged to be detachalily and vertically adjustably secured to the'n- Side face of the trousers, said belt, plate and fastening device being arranged n such manner that, when they are attached to the trousers, the trousers will be held outwardly 1'5 away from the body of the wearer, and the plates will automatically clamp to the body at their lower margins.

In testimony whereof, l' have signed my name to this Spectcaton, n presence of two 2Q subscribing Witnesses.

WLLAM A. SMMONS. 

